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U.S. appears in human trafficking report

The growing crisis of human trafficking received greater visibility on June 14 when the U.S. State Department included the U.S. in its 10th annual “Trafficking in Persons” (TIP)  Report. The U.S. is ranked as a “Tier I” country, meaning it fully complies with the Trafficking Victims Protection Act’s (TVPA) minimum standards. The report provides an in-depth analysis of over 177 countries and reprimands 13 countries, including Iran, North Korea, Burma, Cuba, Saudi Arabia, and others for not meeting minimum international standards on human trafficking. Interestingly, the report coincides with the FIFA World Cup 2010 in South Africa, where human rights […]

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Baylor students study orphan care in Africa

  A Kenyan girl sits with her baby doll in hand, smile on her face, changing the doll’s clothes and doing its hair. Minutes later, she places the baby doll into the arms of another child – with no protests of possession, no sense of selfishness. Faith-based organizations working in Africa are turning to the unselfish arms of family as an alternative to orphanages, believing families offer a more effective way to aid the millions of orphans on the continent who have lost parents to AIDS and other deadly fates. Baylor University professor Jon Singletary recently led a team of […]

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Get off to a great start

My favorite toy as a child was my race car set.  It had a race track with a groove down the middle of each lane.  Once you learned how to keep your car in that groove, those little cars would fly around that track.  The secret to winning was to get the car properly in the groove at the start of the race and keep it there.  If you were sloppy about getting your car in that groove, it didn’t make it around the first turn without flying off the track.The same is true for the start of a school […]

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Medi-Share: Bible based Health care

For Christians who currently don’t have health insurance or are concerned about how Washington’s health care reform will affect them, there is another option available. It is called Medi-Share. Over the past 17 years, thousands of Christians have been a part of this medical sharing program. It is based on biblical principles. Medi-Share is part of Christian Care Ministries, which was founded by John Reinhold in 1993, and is currently under the leadership of President Robert Baldwin.Robert defines Medi-Share’s vision as equipping Christians to achieve biblical health by “bringing together a group of like-minded believers to help one another financially, […]

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Career adjustment: Chiropractor to author

There are times in life when you know God is moving you in a new direction, but you may be unsure of where He is leading you. It is during these times that we must remember that His plan for our life is always something spectacular and that we always wind up in a place far beyond what we could have imagined. This is what kept coming to my mind when I recently interviewed Boca Raton chiropractor, and now author, Mark Adduci. I hope that you enjoy this quick glimpse into his life story and how he never expected God […]

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Cece Herrero – A Song of Hope

The Christian Music Explosion evening of competition and Culture benefits the 4KIDS of South Florida Life of Independent Living. Cece Herrero is one of the stories behind the Life .Cece was born into an abusive household.   At the age of two, her mother and father separated and Cece, along with her mom, were left homeless in Miami.  They wandered from place to place for a number of years before her mother was able to settle down.  Without any real structure in her life, Cece began acting out at school and soon found herself involved in drugs, both as a user […]

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Christian Music Explosion in South FL

The Christian Music Explosion (CME) seeks to identify South Florida’s top amateur Christian performer as a panel of judges looks for that outstanding combination of talent, passion, uplifting message, and star quality that will mark the ultimate winner. Throughout July, contestants submitted entries of their vocal talent ranging from contemporary to traditional including rock, pop, rap, country, and soul. On Friday, August 20, the top twenty contestants will have one chance to impress the audience and judges alike with the winner receiving a professionally produced music video.Tony LeBron, national winner of the Gospel Channel’s Gospel Dream 2009, is well acquainted […]

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Interview with: Bruce G. Roberts

Biographical information:Birth Place: Brooklyn, NYYears in Florida: since 1964House of worship: St. Coleman’s Catholic Church, Pompano BeachMarried to: Scharlene since 1979, with 2 Children Occupation: A police officer since 1973, he served as the Chief of Police for Ft. Lauderdale from 2001 to 2008. Family/human interest:Q:     Where did you grow-up and what was it like?  A: My family moved down here in 1964 and my father retired from the Air Force -he was a colonel.  We moved to Ft. Lauderdale when I was 16, so I finished my last two years of high school at Cardinal Gibbons. Subsequent to […]

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Rap Star Rawsrvnt on Trump’s reality show

The chatter over the internet blogosphere was abuzz with questions and strong opinions –”Why on earth would a Christian rap star go on a reality dating show? Is a Christian artist really competing for the heart of America’s toughest reality show villain–Omarosa?”South Florida-based Christian rapper Rawsrvnt (Eddy Puyol), the subject of such debate, tells the Good News what the reality is–-he was in the dark when it came to the details as he was cast for Donald Trump’s show, “The Ultimate Merger.”“I didn’t know exactly what the show was about. I got a call from a friend of mine at […]

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God-given talent leads woman to Life

Jacqueline King’s mother walked by her bedroom door and saw her daughter sewing a sleeve into a dress. Knowing her own ineptness at sewing, she asked the 10-year-old Jacqueline, “How do you know how to do this?” Jacqueline remembers replying, “I read the directions, and I just did it.” Anyone who has battled to insert a sleeve would agree with Jacqueline when she says that even as a child, years before she surrendered her life to Christ, God had gifted her with the ability to sew.Growing up in upstate New York with four sisters, Jacqueline was the only one who […]

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